Model Search Context Menu

You can select elements or diagrams in the results of a Model Search and perform various operations on them, as well as simply dragging the item into a Team Review document or Linked Document. You can:

The 'Print' dialog displays, on which you select the printer and define the print run.

Shortcut:

Clear Results

Click on this option to clear the search results from the display.

Shortcut:

Find in Diagrams

Click on this option to display the diagram that depicts the element or, if the element is used in multiple diagrams, display a list of diagrams to choose from.

Shortcut: Ctrl+U

Find in Project Browser

Click on this option to highlight the element in the Project Browser.

(Some reportable objects are not shown in the Project Browser; if you select one of these, this option is not available.)

Shortcut: Alt+G

Bookmark Item

Click on this option to add or clear a bookmark on the element.

A small dialog displays on which you select the appropriate radio button to set the bookmark on or off. If you set the bookmark on, a red triangle (or red Delta symbol) is displayed on the element icon in the results. If you clear the bookmark, the red triangle is removed.

A very useful feature of the Model Search facility is the ability to drag separate items from the Search results into an existing Linked Document.

To do this you create your Linked Document, run the Model Search, and open the document and Model Search view as docked windows. You then drag the items - individually or as a multiple selection - from the search results into the document. You are prompted to select one of two options:

'Insert as Hyperlink(s)' and

'Render as RTF'

If you select 'Insert as Hyperlink(s)', a hyperlink is embedded in the document for each dragged object, linking to the object in the Project Browser.

If you select 'Render as RTF', a prompt displays for you to select the RTF template (if any) from which to generate a small report on the dragged objects. You can select different templates for different objects. However, there must be compatibility between the selected object type (such as Diagram) and the RTF template used (such as Diagram report), otherwise nothing is shown in the document.

You can have hyperlinked objects and RTF-rendered objects in the same document.